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Learning and school attendance support in basic education
In Vantaa, the support needed by a student is primarily organized at the student's local school with various flexible arrangements.
Club activities in basic education
Before- and after-school activities in the form of clubs are arranged for primary and lower secondary students in Vantaa in connection with the school day.
Flexible basic education
Flexible basic education allows for studying alternatingly at school and in a workplace. The studies also include excursions, visits to educational institutes, and school camps. A youth counsellor also works in the class with the teacher. The groups have ten students.
Assistant services in basic education
Disabled and special needs students will receive the interpretive and assistance services they need for their schooling free of charge.
Syllabus of Finnish as a second language (S2)
Teaching of Finnish as a second language (S2) is available to students who do not have native-level Finnish language skills.
Teaching of the student's native tongue
Vantaa provides teaching of a student's own native tongue, home language and maintained language for two hours per week.
Working life-oriented teaching (TEPPO)
Working life-oriented basic education familiarises students with working life already during their basic education! The studies of working-life oriented basic education alternate on-the-job training periods at workplaces with teaching at school.
Religion and ethics education
Either religion or ethics are taught in basic education. A student can also receive teaching in their own religion in primary and lower secondary schools in Vantaa.
Teaching for disabled students
Due to the student's intellectual disability or autism, their teaching will be held in city-level special support groups.
Outpatient clinic teaching
Outpatient clinic teaching is intended for comprehensive school students in Vantaa in need of child or adolescent psychiatric support who are not able to study in their own school despite the support methods applied.